Georgia voting rights advocates are pushing back on the state legislature’s attempt to limit absentee ballot use. Citing “capacity issues,” Republican legislators want to prevent the secretary of state and county boards of election from proactively mailing out absentee ballot applications, as was done ahead of the June 9 primary.
California Democrats are pushing for one of the state’s airports to change its name and slash a statue honoring a well-documented racist and homophobe known professionally as John Wayne, actor and namesake of Orange County’s John Wayne Airport.
The state House and Senate voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state’s flag — the last in the country to include the hate symbol.
It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to a diary discussing the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit our group or follow the Nuts & Bolts Guide. Every week I try to tackle issues I’ve been asked about. With the help of other campaign workers and notes, we address how to improve and build better campaigns, or explain issues that impact our party.
The spread of the novel coronavirus is far from over in the U.S. While some states have reopened and residents have begun ignoring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, we are still living during a pandemic. According to CNN, 36 states across the U.S. have seen a rise in cases as compared to last week. The country broke another record Friday, reporting the highest number of cases in a single day at more than 40,000 new cases of COVID-19.
“It would help if from time to time the president would wear one,” said Senate health committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander.
“The numbers you’re seeing are just a tip of the iceberg of even more spread,” warned Dr. Tom Frieden.
Many more people are testing positive, the vice president said.
Although Maine is the largest of the New England states, it is still relatively small—ranking 39th in area. It remains a state with a low population density, at just about 1.3 million residents, mostly living near the southern coast. From its wooded interior to its rocky shoreline, here are a few glimpses of the landscape of Maine and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.
The HHS secretary also called for shifting the country’s Covid-19 testing strategy to broadly test pools of people in high-risk populations.
In his since-deleted tweet, the president thanked the “great people” of The Villages, a retirement community in Florida.
“The past is for most Americans, unfortunately, rather meaningless,” said the poet Robert Hayden in 1976. “But some of us are aware of it as a long, tortuous, and often bloody process of becoming.
Parenting advice on having children, finding the right church, and racism.
The failure to stage the tracing workforce harks back to U.S. officials’ inability to build up adequate testing in the early days of the pandemic.
Two months ago, the world experienced a historic collapse in oil prices, as coronavirus-related shutdowns cratered global demand, briefly turning prices for May delivery negative. Prices have since rebounded modestly, but they remain unsustainably low for countries that depend on oil exports to generate government revenue.The resulting instability, from the Middle East to Africa to the Americas, raises a flurry of immediate national-security concerns.
Growing up, I wanted to work in law enforcement. Actually, what I wanted was based on a television franchise I began watching as a teenager: Law & Order. Dick Wolf’s world of procedural crime dramas, the good guys working via the legal system to catch the bad, mesmerized me throughout high school and into college. In particular, I fell in love with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, following Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler as they brought criminals to justice.
Comforting genre fiction without over-the-top plot lines.
On Monday, President Donald Trump extended a near-total ban that he had first announced in April on entry into the United States by immigrants seeking “green cards” for permanent residency. This policy is the most sweeping ban on immigration in American history. Even during earlier crises, such as the Great Depression, the two world wars, and the horrific flu pandemic of 1918–19, the U.S.
Republicans claim Americans won’t go back to work as long as they’re getting government checks. It’s immoral and dishonest.
No conga lines, no buffets, but don’t worry: The swim-up bar is open.
Domino’s has been called a tech company that also sells pizza. But people are relying on its deliveries now more than ever.
The plan to reignite business without containing the coronavirus has left us living in the worst possible scenario.
The president is moving forward with the legal attack, even as some Republicans worry it will hurt the party’s electoral prospects.
On private task force calls with states, Pence’s team rarely offers more guidance than what Trump has publicly asserted.
Rick Bright claims the HHS secretary instructed staffers not to cooperate with him in his new role.
The CDC on Thursday removed a specific age threshold on its guidance for who is at high risk of contracting the virus and now says risk increases steadily with age among adults.
Gov. Greg Abbott has urged state residents to wear masks.
The concept of “risk spending” suggests a way forward. But it would require tough communal choices.
Corporate parades and expensive parties have been cancelled, but queer grassroots movements for social justice are very much on.
